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On 2 Oct 2004 at 20:31, Know One wrote: > I had a leak near the master cylinder area that I hope I fixed. The > leak managed to spread the brake fluid over about a two foot diameter > area under the front of the underside. > > I sprayed the master with carb cleaner to clean off the brake fluid, > and I'll report later if I get any leaks. If it was standard brake fluid that leaked then plain water is the best solvent for it, and it's important to flush it all off as quickly as possible. It will lift any paint it is allowed to sit on. If the leak was silicone, don't worry about it. Just fix the leak. The silicone won't hurt anything. > Next up? Dropping and tearing down the engine to remove the mud wasp > nests between the cylinders and the tin. A lot of work for a bunch of > stinking wasps! If the nest is old and especially if you can reach in there and break it up a bit, then you can probably get rid of most of it by just driving. I suspect the vibration will break it up into small enough pieces that they can just blow out on their own. Of course this won't work with any kind of paper wasps. I would avoid driving that puts a real strain on the engine (hill climbing, running an A/C, etc) but normal driving at a variety of rpms should work nicely. Do this in dry weather so that the result will be dust rather than mud. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~